It’s a whole lot of dirt now, but over the next 15 months this empty plot of land south of Jeffrey Road and east of the Santa Ana (5) Freeway will be transformed into a state-of-the-art campus for Irvine elementary students.

For years, Cox Communications subscribers in Irvine have been able to watch live Board of Education meetings, check out some original IUSD programming and view informational slides by tuning in to the district’s cable station on channel 39.

BY TERRY L. WALKER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS The most sweeping educational reform of the nation’s public schools is on its way, and it happens to align nicely with the direction the Irvine Unified School District is already heading.

It was one small shipment to Westpark Elementary School, and one giant leap for Westpark's science program.

The IUSD Board of Education voted Tuesday to move forward with a study designed to determine the feasibility of a technology bond.

At the request of IUSD’s Board of Education, a pair of consultants teamed up at this week's school board meeting to discuss options for generating new revenue for 21st century learning through a technology bond.

IUSD’s teachers and counselors can apply for grants to fund innovative projects and lessons thanks to a unique program run through the Irvine Public Schools Foundation.

Back in July, the IUSD Board of Education approved the second phase of an ambitious effort to harness solar energy, green-lighting plans to add vehicle shade structures topped with photovoltaic panels to the parking lots of nine c

The Orange County Register has released its latest rundown of the county’s "best elementary schools" of 2013, with four IUSD campuses making the top 10. Overall, a dozen Irvine elementary sites earned honors with symbolic gold, silver or bronze medals.